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Question: Generally, how would you describe taxes in this country today for those with high incomes? Taxes are...
Choices: "much too high" "too high" "about right" "too low" "much too low"
Data: % of "much too high" "too high"
Period:
Area:
20 countries/ areas
Highlight:
1 Italy70.1%
2 Israel45.5%
3 Australia24.6%
4 Denmark24.3%
5 New Zealand24.2%
6 United Kingdom23.9%
7 Germany23.6%
7 Sweden23.6%
9 Japan21.4%
10 Chile20.9%
11 United States 19.8%
12 Finland19.1%
13 France17.2%
14 Austria16.6%
15 Lithuania16.0%
16 Iceland15.9%
17 Norway13.4%
18 Czech Republic13.1%
19 Slovenia11.6%
20 Switzerland10.9%

Note
Can't choose/ No answer are excluded.

No data for 18 countries.

Source
ISSP 2019

Correlations with major national performance indices
Life satisfaction (10 steps)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -0.628647 X +7.084
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.191
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.036

GDP per capita (current US$)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -32505.505776 X +61267.379
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.200
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.040

Life expectancy at birth - Both sexes (years)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 4.050294 X +80.507
Correlation coefficient (r)0.258
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.067

Fertility rate, total (births per woman)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = 0.604981 X +1.429
Correlation coefficient (r)0.234
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.055

Suicide, age-standardized (per 100 000 population)
No. of data20
Regression equation
Y = -15.323952 X +13.939
Correlation coefficient (r)-0.578
Coefficient of determination (R2)0.334